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I met Wayne Rainey at the 1993 Malaysian Grand Prix when I was working for the company that sponsored him . I am a motorcycle rider , but had never been to a GP race before. We had a cocktail reception the night before the race, and casual beers with Wayne, Kenney Roberts, and their crew the evening after his amazing win. Wayne was as relaxed and down to earth as anyone I'd ever met, and not at all self-impressed with his amazing three Championship titles (and being in the lead for a fourth). I am not usually in awe of celebrities, but Wayne was so "normal" you couldn't help to feel like you had known the guy for years.
The day of the race, I stood at the corner at the end the main straightaway. I watched as Wayne led the pack roaring down the straightaway at almost 200 mph towards me after the first lap. Seeing him wait until the last possible moment before braking hard, and then throw the bike and himself into that corner at an impossible lean-angle, was the most impressive feat of human courage I have ever witnessed first hand. I told him so over beers that night, and he only blushed and, knowing that I rode bikes, said that I "could probably do it with practice". (Ha !).
I later watched in horror as he crashed in Italy, and followed his perseverance as he made the trip back into racing as Yamaha team manager despite his disability.
The most wonderful thing for me about having met him , is that Wayne has given me two vivid examples of human courage and bravery to strive for....One as a racer, and one as a man who has dealt with his paralysis with grace, dignity, and every bit as much bravery as it takes to throw yourself into a corner at 160 mph.........celebrating human courage , knee skimming the pavement, concentrating and intense despite being surrounded by 15 other crazies on screaming 500 cc GP bikes all doing the same thing. I am 56 years old now and haven't met him since, but 17 years later, I think of him often.....Wayne is still the most courageous man I ever met.

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